Two members of the St. Tammany Parish Council were appointed Wednesday night to the parish's 911 board, completing the filling of the revamped panel. The council named Marty Gould and Jake Groby to represent the Parish Council on the board, which oversees the parish's 911 emergency communications system.

Named earlier to the board were:

John Evans, who was already on the board and was retained as Parish President Pat Brister's appointee.

Marlin Peachey, the former warden of the parish jail in Covington, who will represent the Sheriff's Office.

Rounding out the board are Slidell Police Chief Randy Smith, who represents the parish's municipal police chiefs, and Parish Councilman Gene Bellisario, another Parish Council representative. They were already serving terms on the board.

The Parish Council voted in July to change the makeup of the board so that it has more oversight over the spending of tax dollars. The changes are effective Sept. 1. The new makeup of the seven-member board gives parish government four representatives instead of a single representative under the previous structure.

The parish's communications district also has a new executive director. The 911 board recently hired Rodney Hart to replace retiring executive director Woody Glover.

Hart, who had served as deputy director of the parish's department of Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, began the new job Aug. 5.

Bellisario said he wants to put together a two- to four-hour orientation program for members of the revamped board during the week of Sept. 9. The program will include educating members about the 911 system, the board's duties and the budget, he said.